Soil Temperature Chart
Record air and soil temperatures in the garden from winter into spring. How do these factors affect plant growth?

After planting your official test garden, explore how soil temperatures could affect plant growth by asking questions, making hypotheses, and planning investigations in which you collect and analyze soil data.

Surprise sighting by Keith DeClercq of Cazenovia, NY

"While lifting a large rock from a hay field, my neighbor found a large number of chrysalises underneath. It looked like something was storing them, but I guess the caterpillars could have crawled underneath. He found 80 and brought me 49 that I am attempting to hatch. A lot were killed when he moved the rock. I am trying to find any information regarding mice or chipmunks storing them for food, or will the larvae get under rocks naturally and pile up together?"